{"id":465,"date":"2006-05-08T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-08T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/help-to-spread-the-word-about-the-webaward-competition\/"},"modified":"2014-08-02T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T13:18:27","slug":"help-to-spread-the-word-about-the-webaward-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webaward.org\/theblog\/help-to-spread-the-word-about-the-webaward-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Help to spread the word about the WebAward competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We need your help to spread the word about the WebAward competition. As the premier recognition program for Web site development, we have grown each year because Internet professionals, like yourself, have gotten the word out to other Internet professionals by email, in blogs and even face to face.<\/p>\n<p>The Web Marketing Association<br \/>is a volunteer organization and it\u2019s through efforts like these that the<br \/>WebAwards can set the standard of excellence for Web sites in 96 industries.<br \/>However, this year, we have made it even more advantageous to tell your friends<br \/>and co-workers about the WebAwards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WebAward Referral Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To reward those who tell others about the WebAwards, this year we are offering a $20 referral bonus per referral for each person who gets someone new to enter the WebAwards. It\u2019s our way of rewarding those who help us the most. <\/p>\n<p>To qualify you simply need a WebAward nominator account from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/\">WebAward.org<\/a>. Give the email address associated<br \/>with this account to everyone who you recommend the WebAwards to and when they<br \/>enter and include your email address, you\u2019ll receive a check from the Web<br \/>Marketing Association as our way to say thank you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/\">WebAward.org<\/a> has complete details,<br \/>so tell a friend and log in to your nominator account and watch your referral<br \/>bonuses add up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call for WebAward Judges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another way you can help<br \/>support the WebAwards is to nominate yourself as a judge. We are looking for experienced Internet professionals \u2013 interactive creative directors, graphic designers, marketing managers,<br \/>webmasters, heads of agencies, among others \u2013 to help adjudicate the entries<br \/>for the 2006 WebAwards.<\/p>\n<p>While most of the volunteer<br \/>judges return each year because of the valuable insights that can be obtained<br \/>by judging, the growth of entries requires us to add new judges each year. Judges are assigned a number of entries to review within a three week time frame beginning June 17<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know<br \/>are interested in participating as a WebAward judge, please use the judges<br \/>nomination form on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webaward.org\/\">WebAward.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conference season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At WebMaster World in Boston we gave-a-way a video iPod to Daniel Bourgeois interactive marketing manager of Wynn Resorts. The following week, David<br \/>Mullings of Random Media won another video iPod ad ad:tech San Francisco. Congratulations<br \/>to all of our prize winners and to the conference sponsors for putting on<br \/>outstanding industry conferences.<\/p>\n<p>On my way to ad:tech in San Francisco, I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingsherpa.com\/\">MarketingSherpa<\/a>\u2019s brand-new E-commerce Benchmark Guide. I am a big fan of MarketingSherpa\u2019s work and try to get everything they publish on Web development. We were able to get a 22-page executive summary of MarketingSherpa\u2019s E-commerce Benchmark Guide for the readers of Interactive Briefing. You can read more about it in the \u201cFor Our readers\u201d section of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmarketingassociation.org\/view_newsletter.asp?id=25\">newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The annual WebAward program<br \/>is shaping up to be both a great way to gain visibility for your self and your<br \/>Web site, but also valuable feedback to help guide future development and<br \/>benchmark your progress. We hope everyone takes advantage of this program. <\/p>\n<p>And remember to tell your<br \/>friends about it too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need your help to spread the word about the WebAward competition. As the premier recognition program for Web site development, we have grown each year because Internet professionals, like yourself, have gotten the word out to other Internet professionals by email, in blogs and even face to face. 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